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Tuesday Evening: Hot Month!

This July is the second hottest July on record and we are now close to the hottest July on record. Highs today were in the mid 90s to possibly 100 at Audubon. The NWS is checking the thermometer at Audubon. Record is 100 set in 1915. Hot again Wednesday. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s. 30% rain chance. The upper high that's been heating us up will move to the west and allow a weak cold front to get close. The front will give us a better rain chance Thursday and Friday, so it shouldn't be as h

This July is the second hottest July on record and we are now close to the hottest July on record. Highs today were in the mid 90s to possibly 100 at Audubon. The NWS is checking the thermometer at Audubon. Record is 100 set in 1915. Hot again Wednesday. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s. 30% rain chance. The upper high that's been heating us up will move to the west and allow a weak cold front to get close. The front will give us a better rain chance Thursday and Friday, so it shouldn't be as h

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Updated: 7:04 PM CDT Jul 28, 2015

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WEBVTT KWEILYN MURPHY, WDSU NEWS. SCOTT: SO, IT IS HOT ON THE EAST BANK, AND THE WEST BANK. CAMILLE: MARGARET SAID IT IS TORTURE. MARGARET: I AM IN OCTOBER GIRL. TAKE A LOOK OUT THE WINDOW. THIS IS IN HOUMA AND IT IS SHOWING SOME CLOUDINESS. THINK IT WILL COOL DOWN. THEY ARE AT ABOUT 90. HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED TO DO, KEEP IT COOL. THE HIGH TEMPERATURE AT THE AIRPORT SO FAR, 96. THE AVERAGE IS 92. THE RECORD IS 98. THIS MONTH HAS BEEN REALLY HOT. WE ARE THE HOTTEST ON RECORD SO FAR. THE RECORD IS 85.8. WE MAY BE CLOSE. GOING INTO FRIDAY, THE HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLOSER TO THE HIGH -- CLOSER TO THE LOW 90'S. 91, BELLE CHASSE. 87 IN GULFPORT. THEY DID HAVE RAIN NEARBY. THE HEAT INDEX IS FEELING LIKE 105 AT THE LAKEFRONT. THEY WERE TELLING -- THEY WERE HAVING SOME FAMILY FROM -- FUN AT A LOCAL PARK. EVERYBODY IS GETTING WET AND TRYING TO COOL DOWN. BY 9:00, LOW 80'S. AT MIDNIGHT, UPPER 70'S. HERE IS THE BIG PICTURE. ALL OF THE HEAT ADVISORIES ARE TO THE NORTH, WE DO NOT HAVE ONE BUT IS STILL HOT. THIS BOAT IS MOVING INTO FLORIDA -- THIS LOW IS MOVING INTO FLORIDA AND THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH IS WHAT IS CAUSING THINGS TO HEAT UP. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE WILL GET A COLD FRONT IN THE AREA. IT WILL NOT COOL US OFF THE LOT. THIS IS JUST NORTH OF THIBODEAU, A SHOWER. AND HERE IS A LOOK AT SPRINKLES NEAR SLIDELL. THE FORECAST MODEL SHOWS, THIS RAIN IS GOING TO DISSIPATE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SUN SETS. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BE WHAT WE WILL SEE. TOMORROW, IT IS ABOUT A 30% CHANCE. WE WILL BE IN THE UPPER 90'S AGAIN. WATCH THE COLD FRONT, IT IS PUSHING SOUTH. THURSDAY, I DO SEE A BETTER CHANCE OF RAIN, ESPECIALLY LATER IN THE DAY. FRIDAY, A DECENT SHOT AT RAIN. THIS WILL BE THE COOLEST DAY THIS WEEK. HIGH TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR 90. IN THE MORNING, WE WILL BE IN MID TO UPPER 70'S. DON'T FORGET, THE AIR-QUALITY ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT. THIS IS OVER TOWARD BATON ROUGE. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW IN THE 90'S. THIS RIVER IS STILL HIGH. I WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP YOU POSTED. EXACTCAST, 3:00 TOMORROW WILL BE AROUND 94. A LITTLE COOLER ON FRIDAY.

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This July is the second hottest July on record and we are now close to the hottest July on record. Highs today were in the mid 90s to possibly 100 at Audubon. The NWS is checking the thermometer at Audubon. Record is 100 set in 1915. Hot again Wednesday. Highs will be in the mid to upper 90s. 30% rain chance. The upper high that's been heating us up will move to the west and allow a weak cold front to get close. The front will give us a better rain chance Thursday and Friday, so it shouldn't be as h